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William The Conqueror in 1066 had England surveyed to determine how much property there was in England and who owned it. This survey became known as Doomsday Book. This book lists Sir Simon de Whitacre of Warwickshire as the land proprietor in Warwickshire. Many believe that this Sir Simon in the ancestor of the Whitakers of Holme and other Whitaker lines.

 

The first Whitaker recorded was
I Thomas Whitaker  recorded 1431 Lancashire, England
    wife unknown

    child
    1 Robert Whitaker recorded 1480 Lancashire, England

II Robert Whitaker
    wife unknown

    child
    1 Thomas Whitaker b 1458 Lancashire, England  d 1529 Lancashire, England

III Thomas Whitaker
    married Johanna --

    children
    1 John Whitaker  b Lancashire, England  d 1527 Holme, England
    2 Richard Whitaker  recoreded 1543 Lancashire, England  d  Holme, England

IV Richard Whitaker
    wife unknown

    child
    1 Thomas Whitaker  b Sept 22, 1504 Holme, England  d Aug. 1588 Holme, England

V Thomas Whitaker
    married Elizabeth Nowell Feb 3, 1547 England

    1 Robert Whitaker  b England  d Nov 1581
        married Margaret Greenwood
    2 Richard Witaker b England  d June 1597 England
    3 William Whitaker  b Aug. 1547 Holme, England  d Dec. 4 1595 Holme, England

VI Dr. William Whitaker
    married 1st Miss Culverwell
                   2nd Joan Taylor Fenner
                    It is not deternman of which wife all the children are by except the first and the last
     Note: William optained his Master at Saint John's College Cambridge University

    children
    1 Alexander Whitaker  b 1585 Holme, England  d 1617 Virginia USA
            Alexander was a Minister-In 1612 Pocahontas was taken prisoner. Alexander Whitaker converted
            her to Christ and was bapized by him. He performed the marrieage ceremony of Pacahontas and
            John Rolfe. Alexander never married
    2 Susannah Whitaker  b 1587 Holme, England
    3 Samuel Whitaker  b 1589 Holme, England
    4 Marie Whitaker  b 1591 Holme, England
        married Randolphe Clarke
    5 William Whitaker  b 1592 Holme, England  d 1638 Holme, England
    6 Richard Whitaker  b Holme, England
    7 Frances Whitaker  b Holme, England
    8 Jabez Whitaker  b 1595 Holme, England  d 1626 Virginia USA

 VII Captain Jabez Whitaker  
        married Mary M. Bourchier

     Note: Jabez Whitaker emigrated to James Town Colony Virginia in 1620 with his brother
                  Alexander Whitaker

    Child
       1 William Whitaker  b 1618 Holm, England  d 1662 Virginia USA

VIII William Whitaker
        wife Unknown
     Note: William Whitaker was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1649 and is refer to as
                  "Lieutenant Colonel" "Major" and "Colonel" in Virginia

    Children
    1 Richard Whitaker I  b 1645 Virginia  d 1697 Virginia
    2 William Whitaker II  b Virginia

IX Richard Whitaker I
        married Miss Pyland

    Child
    1 John Whitaker  b 1694 Virginia  d 1750 Virginia

X John Whitaker
        married Martha Gough  Virginia

    Children
    1 Richard Whitaker II  b1720 Virginia  d 1794 North Carolina
    2 Gough Whitaker  b Virginia  d 1772 North Carolina
        married Martha Cary in 1720
    3 Robert Whitaker  b 1725 Virginia  d 1765 North Carolina
        married Sarah Burton
    4 John Whitaker Jr. II  b 1732 Virginia  d 1784 North Carolina
        married Olive Taylor in 1755 Halifax, North Carolina
    5 James Whitaker  b Virginia  d 1782 South Carolina
        married Catherine Wiggins in 1740 They had 7 children
    6 William Whitaker  b Virginia  d 1789 South Carolina
        married Elizabeth Wiggins they had 12 children
    7 Dudley Whitaker  b 1740 Virginia  d 1791 North Carolina
        married Mary Pearce They had 5 children
    8 Martha Whitaker  b Virginia
        married Thomas Cary

XI Richard Whitaker II
        married Elizabeth Cary 1740 Virginia

    Children
    1 John Whitaker  b 1747 North Carolina  d 1816 North Carolina
        John Whitaker served in Colonial Mititia, colonel in the American Revolution
        married Christian Benton in 1770 They had 10 children
    2 Elizabeth Whitaker  b North Carolina
        married Edward Morris in 1780 Halifax, North Carolina
        Edward Morris was a Chapin in the Revolutionary War under George Washington
    3 Martha Whitaker  b 1750 North Carolina  d 1775 North Carolina
    4 Temperance Whitaker  b North Carolina
        married Jethro Battle
    5 Richard Whitaker III  b 1752 North Carolina  d Tennessee
        married Sally Goodwyn
    6 Nancy Anne Whitaker  b 1760 North Carolina
        married Rev. John Pope in 1780 They had 10 children
    7 Cary Whitaker  b North Carolina

XII Martha Whitaker
        married Cornelius Carter

    Child
    1 Wilson Whitaker Carter b 1770-4 North Carolina  d 1817 North Carolina

XIII Wilson Whitaker Carter I
        married Mary or Polly J. --- abt 1796 North Carolina

    Children
    1 Burrows Carter  b 1797 North Carolina  d 1876 Tennessee
    2 Mary Ann Carter  b 1800 North Carolina  d after 1889 Texas
    3 Mary (Martha) Wilson Carter  b 1798 North Carolina  d 1835 Tennessee
    4 Wilson W. Carter  b 1811 North Carolina  d 1845 Tennessee

XIV Mary (Martha) Wilson Carter
        married John C. Mitchell  1820 North Carolina
 

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